Man, half way down the canyon this morning I realized I forgot a huge thing yesterday. Hell, maybe the the most important on the list. Sunglasses. What was I thinking?
You got a pair that you love? The pair I wear I’ve had 3 pairs of over the last several years. Only lost one pair, and the others just got too scratched up to see through so I replaced em. I don’t know the name of em, but when I see em in the dealership I snatch up a spare pair if I’ve got the money.
They have strong hinges and I’ve never had to do that thing where I stick a toothpick in where the screw worked out to keep em going. The shade is just right – not too dark and not too light. They’re tall enough they deflect a lot of wind. I hope I can keep finding pairs of these over the years.
For clears, I got some ones I really like for fathers day. Transitional lenses, and although not dark enough for my taste during the day, they’re killer at night. By panoptyx, before they got bought out by 7eye:
I have terrible night vision. I don’t know why, but cheap clears at night just fuck with my head. Like I can’t process the info thats getting thrown at me. Plus, to be honest I don’t want to die at night because I didnt see something. Your reaction time is so much shorter at night, so I’ll always stick with more expensive clears than regular glasses. These have the eye cups which are nice when you take the windshield off. I don’t get watery eyes so bad and have to stop from the wind. Ive had these for a few years, and they’re solid. Hats off to whoever you are now…. I like how you make glasses.
I really want a third pair. For rain. I’ve been eyeing those pugz goggles you see in Maverik’s and 7-11’s. They’re cheap, but I gotta think for rain glasses they’d be the best investment in the world. maybe I’ll get a pair for 13 bucks and have my kids hit me with the garden hose as I run up and down the street. They’d love that. Thats real life beta testing yah? Ya gotta think it’d work.
I have a few other pairs in my little hutch in the garage I keep my bike treasures. I got old maps in there, bungee cords of varying sizes, spare sunglass cases, I think a few toothbrushes and tools, and 2 more pairs of sunglasses that somehow I horse traded over the years with other bikers. One of em are expensive Vuarnet’s with these deep ass eye cups. I don’t know where he got them, but the lenses are great and you could eat a small bowl of cereal out of those eye cups. Great in the wind. Maybe good in the rain. I should give those a second try, maybe tomorrow. I also got a cheap pair that I keep when I missplace my good ones, and they’ll always be there when I get too impatient to keep looking and I just wanna get the bike out of the garage.
I think tomorrow I’ll talk about long ride saddle bag must-have’s. Most of what I need I’ve committed to memory, and about half of that I don’t bring because I get ants in my pants or just plain forget. Maybe my wife is right…. Maybe, but I’ll be damned if I ever admit that to her.
You got a preference on what kinda shades you wear when riding?